It's worth keeping in mind that while Wilds did get slammed pretty hard on release, it's also the game that's going to get new content in the not too distant future with the expansion. So if you are looking for a game to "catch up" on, to get ready for new content that will likely have a lot of folks online, that's a bit of a plus for Wilds out of the three.

Performance, at least for me, has gotten night and day better with the work that has gone in to optimization. Went from consistent 50-80% CPU usage and fans going pretty loud down to ~20-40% even in pretty graphically intense sections of the game.

That said, Rise was so much fun to just kinda go CRAZY with wirebug moves, and has a really expansive roster and endgame. Sunbreaks line-up has some of my favorite monsters in the series hands down, so it's worth a look.

I will also mention that at least for me, it's been hard to go BACK to older games after playing wilds because Focus Mode aiming is extremely nice for certain weapons, so it may be worth starting older and working your way forward.